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Inventories | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Inventory, Net [Abstract] |
Inventories | Inventories The components of inventories were:
|  | October 31, |  | April 30,
(in thousands) |  | 2018 |  | 2018
Raw materials |  | $ | 48,223 |  |  | $ | 41,728 |
Work-in-process |  | 48,250 |  |  | 44,905 |
Finished goods |  | 35,423 |  |  | 34,111 |
Total FIFO inventories |  | 131,896 |  |  | 120,744 |
Reserve to adjust inventories to LIFO value |  | (15,943 | ) |  | (15,943 | )
Total inventories |  | $ | 115,953 |  |  | $ | 104,801 |
Of the total inventory of $116.0 million, $64.9 million is carried under the FIFO method of accounting and $51.1 million is carried under the LIFO method as of October 31, 2018. Of the total inventory of $104.8 million, $56.6 million is carried under the FIFO method and $48.2 million is carried under the LIFO method as of April 30, 2018.

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